Innovative external clearence warning.

Ian Turgeon

Cascading Inspiration
Installed my Innovative gate, and had an issue with it hitting the lower heat exchanger. I had dual spals on the back, so I removed the drivers side. Welp, It still wouldnt even bolt in. So I dropped everything again, and adjusted the crossover to place the gate as high as possible, without hitting the crank pully. Still wouldnt bolt up.

I placed large diameter bolts left over from a drop block set between the ic mounts and the frame, and everything fit up fine. Or so I thought.

I guess with engine movement, the gate continually smashed into the core, eventually causing enough damage to render the the core unrepairable (according to a local shop).

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Now Im on the search for a replacement.

This may or may not be affect every innovative install, as we installed the same set up on another truck with absolutely no fitment issues.
 

Sy#26

New member
If you don't mind ugly, tears in the coolant tubes like yours are repairable by means of epoxy (JBWeld) backed up by a pair of fender washers on a 1/4" bolt thru the core between the tubes. Goop on the JB, run the bolt semi-tight down on the washers - not tight enough to crush anything, just to back up the JB.
 

0966Sy

Code what?
I have a heat exchanger core if you need it, great condition. Whats it worth and it's yours.

Erik
 
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